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Community Orchestra to present fall concert Saturday

On Saturday, Nov. 7, the Jamestown Area Community Orchestra will present their 2026 Fall Concert at 4 p.m. at First Covenant Church in Jamestown. Directed by John Cross, the orchestra is composed of about 60 regional professional musicians, talented adult musicians, and proficient college and ...

Hayes takes Dunkirk development position

DUNKIRK - Edward J. “EJ” Hayes was tabbed to take over the city of Dunkirk’s Planning and Development Department. Hayes was named interim director of the department in a Common Council resolution Tuesday. Hayes was deputy director under Vince DeJoy, who resigned and moved to North ...

Community invited to welcome new Chautauqua Institution president

The Chautauqua Region Community Foundation, Chautauqua Institution and Robert H. Jackson Center invite the community to welcome Mark Johnson, Chautauqua Institution’s 19th president and a Chautauqua County native, on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at the Robert H. Jackson Center in Jamestown. The event ...

Comedy Center to launch Susan Sargent Caregiver Week

The National Comedy Center will launch its first Susan Sargent Caregiver Week to honor caregivers supporting loved ones through illness, disability or other conditions requiring care. Presented during National Family Caregivers Month and reflecting its 2026 theme, “Care Connects Us,” ...

Chautauqua Institution president addresses Jamestown Rotary Club

Mark Coolidge Johnson, the 19th president of the Chautauqua Institution, addressed the members of the Rotary Club of Jamestown recently. Johnson, a senior Foreign Service Officer, attorney and third generation Chautauquan, brings more than three decades of diplomatic service and executive ...

CRYB to present ‘The Nutcracker’ Dec. 12-13

The Chautauqua Regional Youth Ballet returns to the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts on Dec. 12-13 with its annual production of The Nutcracker under the artistic direction of Samantha Barczak. The youth ballet’s The Nutcracker combines classical ballet, staging and Tchaikovsky's score in a ...